"I had a Miscarriage and I was Relieved": Analysing Alternative Narratives of the Miscarriage Experience

Anu Lotay

Abstract

In recent years, the Internet has become an important source forbringing awareness on the subject of miscarriage and reproductivedisruption (Murray 2015). For example, in July 2015, MarkZuckerberg, CEO and creator of Facebook, and his wife PriscillaChan disclosed their experience of miscarriage in a Facebook post(“Mark Zuckerberg…” 2017), which garnered 1.7 million reactions,as of this writing. This was followed by ordinary Facebook usersdisclosing their personal stories of miscarriage and fertility issues inthe comments on this post.

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